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A British teenager has been arrested for spying in Egypt over a video he filmed on his phone that showed a military helicopter in the background, his family said.

Libyan-British Muhammed Fathi Abulkasem, 19, took the video from the plane and was detained shortly after he arrived in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria on 21 November, according to his cousin Shareen Nawaz.

She said he had faced a court three times over the past week on charges of collecting intelligence on the Egyptian military.

Muhammed Fathi Abulkasem, 19, was travelling to visit friends in Egypt when he was arrested on arrival at the airport in Alexandria last week (Picture: MEN Media)

A video filmed on his phone shortly before he landed showed a military helicopter in the background, his family said (Picture: Getty Images)

Humanitarian worker Shareen said: ‘He is due to be sentenced for collecting intelligence against the army in Egypt for taking a photo from the plane as he landed in Alexandria airport.